Bankit among five for Asmussen in Springboard Mile

In search of his first
Kentucky
Derby (G1) win, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen will give five of his
stable's two-year-olds an opportunity to earn qualifying points for next year's
classic in the Sunday's $400,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park in Oklahoma
City.

The Springboard Mile is the final 2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep
that will be run this year. Derby qualifying points of 10-4-2-1 will be awarded
to the top four finishers.

Asmussen's quintet includes 3-1 second choice Bankit, a blowout winner
of the $256,000 Sleepy Hollow at Belmont Park versus New York-breds. The other
four have all previously raced at Remington. Long Range Toddy upset
stablemate Tobacco Road in the $100,000 Clever Trevor early last month,
while Tone Broke and Kaziranga ran one-two in a
course-and-distance allowance prep on November 23.

The 8-5 morning line favorite in the Springboard Mile is Epic Dreamer,
who broke his maiden at Belmont second out for trainer Kelly Breen. Epic Dreamer
finished second in his debut over the same track to
Vekoma,
who subsequently impressed taking the Nashua (G3) at Aqueduct.

Also among the field of 11 are Kentucky invaders Marquee Prince,
Dunph, and Six Shooter. Turf allowance winner Marquee Prince, from
the Brad Cox barn, finished a distant fifth to
Improbable in the
$100,000 Street Sense last time.

Dunph, who captured the restricted $150,000 Spendthrift Juvenile Stallion at
Churchill two back, exits a ninth-place effort in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2),
while Six Shooter exits an one-mile allowance victory at Churchill for Paul
Holthus.

The Springboard Mile is the 11th of 12 races on closing day of the 2018
Remington meet. Post time for the feature is 8:52 p.n. (EST). The race can be
watched and wagered on at
TwinSpires.com.